Where The Streets Have No Name (track)
by U2
Year: 1987
From the album The Joshua Tree (track #1)
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Where The Streets Have No Name appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- The Joshua Tree (track #1) (this album) (1987)
- U218 Singles (track #9) (compilation) (2006)
- Zoo TV Live (track #17) (2006)
- U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland (track #14) (2007)
- Hasta La Vista Baby! U2 Live From Mexico City (track #9) (2000)
- U22: A 22 Track Live Collection From U2360 (track #18) (2012)
- Please: PopHeart Live EP (track #2) (1997)
- Camelot Poems (track #19) (1994)
- Songs Of Surrender (track #2) (2023)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides (track #7) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/19/2025 21:57 | mrmcrook | 10,991 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 01:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 48,591 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2025 17:33 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 15:07 | daCritic | 34,004 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2025 09:33 |  ExTeaSea | 12,264 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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hoyquarlow 05/24/2023 16:32 | #297198
Not only the best U2 song but one of the best song ever written.
Squonk007 04/14/2022 17:21 | #284247
A good opener, that's a rattling good guitar.
The sound of the guitar is just other-worldly. It's very simple to play, but it's almost impossible to make it sound as good as the Edge makes it sound. Their performance of this song at the Superbowl half time show is probably my favourite live song ever.
The greatest guitar intro ever? There is no words to describe how it feels when you hear it.
Best live track ever
The Edge has done magic here.
One of their best songs
Mother Nature's Son 02/24/2015 15:46 | #135592
Often gets me in the mood for a different kind of album. That revelatory intro is beyond gorgeous! Fortunately the rest of the song is just as lofty.
Best way to open an album
fantastic track!!
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